The team at ‘Talking Tigers’, Richmond’s podcast juggernaut, put their collective heads together (definitely not in a literal sense during this coronavirus crisis) to rank the Club’s top 10 players from Western Australia throughout the past half-century. Here’s TT’s list of top 10 WA Tigers . . .
1. Alex Rance – 200 games, 9 goals, 2009-2019, five-time All-Australian representative (2014, 205, 2016, 2017, 2018), Jack Dyer Medallist (2015), premiership player (2017).
Career best of Alex Rance
Watch Alex Rance's career highlights.
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Balme on The Front Bar
Neil Balme appears on Channel 7's The Front Bar to explain how he got into the wrong Jeep at a door stop last week.
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Homecoming Hero: Darren Gaspar
Darren Gaspar is the Homecoming Hero for Richmond's Round 9 match against Hawthorn.
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WA Life members inducted
Premiership players Daryl Freame, Rob Wiley and Noel Carter are inducted as life members ahead of Richmond's Round 22 win over Fremantle.
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6. Mark Coughlan – 92 games, 39 goals, 2001-2009, Jack Dyer Medallist (2003).
Fixture Throwback: Cogs and Lids clinical play
Mark Coughlan and Brett Deledio at their best as Richmond extend the lead.
Published on7. Michael Mitchell – 81 games, 103 goals, 1987-1991, winner of the Club’s Goal of the 20th Century (Round 22, 1990 v Sydney, SCG).
Homecoming Hero: Michael Mitchell
Michael Mitchell is the homecoming hero for the Round 10 Dreamtime at the 'G match against Essendon.
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Roaming Brian: Grand Final rooms
Brian Taylor roams the Richmond rooms after the Grand Final win.
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Broad season 2019 highlights
Highlights from Nathan Broad's 2019 season.
Published on10. Andrew Krakouer – 102 games, 102 goals, 2001-2007.
Homecoming Hero: Andrew Krakouer
Andrew Krakouer is the Homecoming Hero for the Dreamtime at the G match against the Bombers.
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Talking Tigers: Episode five
On the latest episode, recorded earlier today, Talking Tigers ranks the top 10 Richmond players recruited from Western Australia throughout the past 50 years, which is bound to create some healthy debate. And 'Richo' provides a further unnerving...
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